Gambling with the Myth of the American Dream, Duncan

Автор: Adams Peter J.
Название: Gambling, Freedom and Democracy
ISBN: 0415541301 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415541305
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book argues that governments have a duty of care to protect their own democratic processes from subtle degradations and that independence from the gambling industries needs to be proactively built into public sector structures and processes.

Автор: Henricks Kasey, Embrick David G.
Название: State Looteries: Gambling That Taxes Racial Inequality
ISBN: 0415717647 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415717649
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Fifty years ago, familiar images of the lottery would have been strange, as no state lottery existed then. Few researchers have uncovered the obscure role lotteries play in the changing composition of American taxation. Even less is known about what role race plays in this process. More than simply taxing those on the social margins, the emergence of state lotteries in contemporary American history represents something much more fundamental about state fiscal policy. This book not only uncovers the underlying racial factors that contextualize lottery proliferation in the U.S., but also reveals the racial consequences that lotteries have in terms of redistributing tax liability.

Автор: F. Gobet; M. Schiller
Название: Problem Gambling
ISBN: 1349444863 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349444861
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: Problem gambling is a perennial issue frequently reported in the media. This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource on problem gambling research. It describes the state of the art of the subject and presents the latest developments such as computer modelling of gambling behaviour and risk profiles of gambling products.

Автор: Peter Ferentzy; Nigel Turner
Название: The History of Problem Gambling
ISBN: 1489999493 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781489999498
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book examines the religious, socio-cultural, and medical influences on the development of the concept of problem gambling as a disease, along with the ways in which such ideas were influenced by attitudes about substance abuse.

Название: Gambling Cultures
ISBN: 0415755816 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415755818
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: A study of modern gambling as it has emerged as a commercial industry, which analyzes the ambiguous relationship between morality and risk taking and examines the contradictory stances of governments.

Автор: Robert J. Williams, Robert T. Wood, Jonathan Parke
Название: Routledge International Handbook of Internet Gambling
ISBN: 041559443X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415594431
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Internet gambling is a rapidly growing phenomenon, which has profound social, psychological, economic, and political implications. This collection of essays from leading researchers examines the history, dynamics and impact of Internet gambling in a global context.

Автор: Mc Namara, Cormac (trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Название: Gambling, losses and self-esteem
ISBN: 0367343096 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367343095
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book provides new insights into contemporary betting shops. Adopting an interactionist approach, it examines the process of `blame-shifting` as collective attempt to repair self-esteem in the wake of financial losses and considers the role of announcements made in betting shops in creating an atmosphere of inclusion.

Автор: Rank Mark Robert, Hirschl With Thomas a., Foster A
Название: Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes
ISBN: 0195377915 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195377910
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: In this book the authors show that the risk of economic vulnerability has been increasing substantially over the past four decades, and argue that while not unattainable, the American Dream - as we currently define it - is becoming harder to reach and harder still to keep.

Автор: Berger, Ronald J.
Название: Disability, augmentative communication, and the American dream: a qualitative inquiry
ISBN: 0739188941 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739188941
Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Описание: Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is a collaborative effort to tell the life story of Jon A. Feucht, a man who was born with a form of cerebral palsy that left him reliant on a wheelchair for mobility, with limited use of his arms and an inability to speak without an assistive communication device. It is a story about finding one s voice, about defying low expectations, about fulfilling one s dreams, and about making a difference in the world. Sociologist C. Wright Mills famously called for a sociological imagination that grapples with the intersection of biography and history in society and the ways in which personal troubles are related to public issues. Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream heeds this call through a qualitative mixed methods study that situates Feucht s life in broader social context, understanding disability not just as an individual experience but also as a social phenomenon. In the tradition of disability studies, it also illuminates an experience of disability that avoids reading it as tragic or pitiable. Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is intended as an analytical and empirical contribution to both disability studies and qualitative sociology, to be read by social science scholars and students taking courses in disability studies and qualitative research, as well as by professionals working in the fields of special education and speech pathology. Written in an accessible style, the book will also be of interest to lay readers who want to learn more about disability issues and the disability experience.

Автор: Johnson
Название: The American Dream and the Power of Wealth
ISBN: 0415832675 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415832670
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Despite the overwhelming evidence against them, many people still believe they can overcome the economic and racial constraints placed upon them at birth. In the first edition, Heather Beth Johnson explored this belief in the American Dream with over 200 in-depth interviews with black and white families, highlighting the ever-increasing racial wealth gap and the actual inequality in opportunities. This second edition has been updated to make it fully relevant to today’s reader, with new data and illustrative examples, including twenty new interviews. Johnson asks not just what parents are thinking about inequality and the American Dream, but to what extent children believe in the American Dream and how they explain, justify, and understand the stratification of American society. This book is an ideal addition to courses on race and inequality.

Автор: Sternheimer
Название: Celebrity Culture and the American Dream
ISBN: 1138023957 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138023956
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Celebrity Culture and the American Dream, Second Edition considers how major economic and historical factors shaped the nature of celebrity culture as we know it today, retaining the first edition’s examples from the first celebrity fan magazines of 1911 to the present and expanding to include updated examples and additional discussion on the role of the internet and social media in today’s celebrity culture. Equally important, the book explains how and why the story of Hollywood celebrities matters, sociologically speaking, to an understanding of American society, to the changing nature of the American Dream, and to the relation between class and culture. This book is an ideal addition to courses on inequalities, celebrity culture, media, and cultural studies.

Автор: Valdez
Название: Entrepreneurs and the Search for the American Dream
ISBN: 1138922552 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138922556
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: The book provides a corrective to the American Dream ideology that with hard work and a positive attitude, anyone can own a successful business in America.